Risk factors that lead medical students to develop bad lifestyle habits/Fatores de risco que levam estudantes de medicina a desenvolver maus habitos de vida

• Published in: Revista de medicina (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 103; no. 2
• Main Authors: Gomes, Anna Carollina Barbosa, de Oliveira Carmo Borges, Gustavo Henrique, Bastos, Carla Santos, da Silva, Joao Marcos Luiz, Kanuf, Vinicius Salermo, Oliveira, Emily Carolina Assis, Arruda, Jalsi Tacon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Sao Paulo. Departamento Cientifico da Faculdade de Medicina 01.03.2024
• ISSN: 0034-8554
• DOI: 10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v1Q3i2e-214522

Medical students are subjected to a stressful routine, associated with unhealthy habits such as skipping meals, restricting food intake or binge eating, and even drug addiction. These are some of the risk factors that have aggravated the appearance of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCCDs). Therefore, this study evaluated the risk factors that lead medical students to develop bad lifestyle habits that will be incorporated into their daily lives. This is an integrative review based on original studies obtained from PubMed and the Virtual Health Library. The analyzed studies corroborate the implementation of actions in medical schools capable of offering specific training in stress management, healthy nutrition, and physical activities for the prevention of NCCDs. The need to create prevention strategies is considered, which aim to reduce exposure to the main risk factors related to lifestyle that develop at the beginning of university life and can be perpetuated over the years. These university students will be the future health professionals and are more likely to understand the relationship between healthy lifestyles and NCCDs, improving their skills to act in the doctor-patient relationship, and having confidence in their ability to advise patients on positive behavioral changes.